“My job is to make kicks and that’s why they brought me here,” Kasay said. “I didn’t do a very good job tonight.”

“I thought that third kick was critical,” Payton said. “I thought it was important for his own confidence. Look, he has kicked in a lot of big spots. And yet, a game like this may not seem like a lot to a lot of people and for that very moment in time, the veteran kicker who has missed the first two, it was a very important kick.